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Yalobusha County, MS tax sales

How tax lien sales work in Yalobusha County, seat of Water Valley, Coffeeville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Mississippi tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
First Monday in April, not the last Monday in August.
Format
GovEase
Registration
Registration runs through GovEase, not at the courthouse.
County office
662-473-1235 (Second Judicial District, Water Valley); 662-675-8707 (First Judicial District, Coffeeville)
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How Yalobusha County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Mississippi holds no separate tax deed auction. The land is sold once, at the tax collector's annual land sale. When the two-year redemption period expires without redemption, the chancery clerk executes a deed of conveyance to the tax-sale purchaser on demand.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

GovEase
Run by
Yalobusha County Assessor-Tax Collector
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Monday in April, not the last Monday in August.
Registration
Registration runs through GovEase, not at the courthouse.
Next expected
on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Yalobusha County delinquent tax listing for the April 2026 tax sale (published legal notice)
When it runs
First Monday in April, not the last Monday in August. The county's own published sale notice reads: "I, Michael L. Walton, Assessor-Tax Collector, Yalobusha County, State of Mississippi, pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-41-49 to 27-41-89, Code of 1972 Annotated, will sell on the First Monday of April, being April 6, 2026 exclusively online on the GovEase website WWW.GOVEASE.COM/AUCTIONS." The same notice adds that "The 2026 Tax Sale auction will begin at 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. and will continue each subsequent day until all parcels have been offered for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash." The 2024 notice used identical wording for April 1, 2024, so April is the settled pattern in this county. GovEase lists Yalobusha District 1 and Yalobusha District 2 on its spring calendar: "2026 Mississippi Spring Auctions - All auctions begin April 6th at 8:30 AM Central Time."
Registration and deposit

Registration runs through GovEase, not at the courthouse. Create an account at govease.com, open Register/Add Auctions under My Account, select the Yalobusha auction for the judicial district you want, electronically sign the pre-populated W-9, and upload any additional documents listed on that county's registration page. Watch the My Registrations page until the status reads Approved before bidding opens. GovEase states that "Registration for all counties opens March 9th at 8:30 AM Central Time" for the Mississippi spring sales. Yalobusha is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties where the platform collects deposits and processes payments, so there is no 10 percent platform deposit here and payment is arranged directly with the county. GovEase publishes (662) 473-1235 as the contact number for both Yalobusha Dist 1 and Yalobusha Dist 2, which is the Tax Collector's Water Valley office. Call that office to confirm the deposit, the accepted funds, and the payment deadline before you register.

Sale format and venue
Yalobusha is a spring sale county, which is the exception worth planning around. Most Mississippi counties sell on the last Monday in August, but the Assessor-Tax Collector here sells on the first Monday in April, and the county's own notice names that date in both 2024 and 2026. Yalobusha does not appear on GovEase's Mississippi fall county list, so August is the wrong month for this county. The sale is online only: the notice says parcels sell "exclusively online on the GovEase website." The county has two judicial districts, the First at Coffeeville and the Second at Water Valley, and GovEase carries them as two separate auctions, Yalobusha District 1 and Yalobusha District 2, so register for the district holding the parcels you want. Bidding is a premium bid to the highest bidder for cash. GovEase states that a Mississippi purchaser earns "1.5% interest per month" on the face value and "does not earn interest on the 'overbid'", against a two year redemption period, so any amount bid above the taxes is dead capital if the owner redeems. Payment is settled with the county rather than through the platform for this county. Redemption and the sale record sit with the Chancery Clerk, not the Tax Collector.
Register on GovEase
Source: Yalobusha County Delinquent Tax Listing, April Tax Sale, published legal notice signed by the Assessor-Tax Collector (The Coffeeville Courier, March 19, 2026)· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Yalobusha County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Yalobusha County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Yalobusha County delinquent tax listing for the April 2026 tax sale (published legal notice) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Registration runs through GovEase, not at the courthouse. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Monday in April, not the last Monday in August. Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Yalobusha County Assessor-Tax Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Yalobusha County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Yalobusha County delinquent tax listing for the April 2026 tax sale (published legal notice). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Registration runs through GovEase, not at the courthouse. Create an account at govease.com, open Register/Add Auctions under My Account, select the Yalobusha auction for the judicial district you want, electronically sign the pre-populated W-9, and upload any additional documents listed on that county's registration page. Watch the My Registrations page until the status reads Approved before bidding opens. GovEase states that "Registration for all counties opens March 9th at 8:30 AM Central Time" for the Mississippi spring sales. Yalobusha is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties where the platform collects deposits and processes payments, so there is no 10 percent platform deposit here and payment is arranged directly with the county. GovEase publishes (662) 473-1235 as the contact number for both Yalobusha Dist 1 and Yalobusha Dist 2, which is the Tax Collector's Water Valley office. Call that office to confirm the deposit, the accepted funds, and the payment deadline before you register.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Mississippi due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Mississippi counties do not keep an over-the-counter list. A tract that draws no bid is struck off to the state, and if it is still unredeemed after two years the chancery clerk certifies it to the Secretary of State. Any person may then apply in writing to the Secretary of State's Public Lands Division to buy the parcel, and the office may also sell state-forfeited land by sealed bid after three weeks of newspaper advertisement, or by online auction.

Mississippi Secretary of State tax-forfeited land inventory and application

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Yalobusha County Assessor-Tax Collector

662-473-1235 (Second Judicial District, Water Valley); 662-675-8707 (First Judicial District, Coffeeville)

201 Blackmur Drive, P.O. Box 1552, Water Valley, MS 38965 (Second Judicial District); 14400 Main Street, P.O. Box 260, Coffeeville, MS 38922 (First Judicial District)

Official website

County notes

  • Two judicial districts, two offices, one Tax Collector. Michael L. Walton serves as Assessor-Tax Collector for both. First Judicial District office: 14400 Main Street, P.O. Box 260, Coffeeville, MS 38922, phone 662-675-8707, fax 662-675-8004. Second Judicial District office: 201 Blackmur Drive, P.O. Box 1552, Water Valley, MS 38965, phone 662-473-1235, fax 662-473-5020. Office email [email protected].
  • The Chancery Clerk holds the sale record and handles redemption. Donald Gray is Chancery Clerk. First Judicial District: P.O. Box 260, Coffeeville, MS 38922, phone 662-675-2716, fax 662-675-8004. Second Judicial District: P.O. Box 664, Water Valley, MS 38965, phone 662-473-2091, fax 662-473-3622. Physical address 201 Blackmur Drive, Water Valley, MS 38965. Email [email protected].
  • Check the district before you register. GovEase splits the county into Yalobusha District 1 and Yalobusha District 2 as two separate auctions, and both carry the same county contact number, (662) 473-1235.
  • The sale list is a newspaper notice, not a county web page. The county website carries no tax sale page and posts no downloadable list. The delinquent tax listing runs in The Coffeeville Courier in March ahead of the April sale, and the 2026 edition ran March 19, 2026 for taxes due March 3, 2026. MSPublicNotices.org lets you filter Mississippi legal notices by county and is the practical place to find the current year's version, though it warns that "The public notice database on this site is not a substitute for the official newspaper publication that is required by law."
  • Two county domains exist and only one is current. The live official site is yalobushaonline.org, which gives 201 Blackmur Drive, Water Valley, MS 38965 and (662) 473-2091. An older page at yalobushacounty.net still resolves over plain HTTP, says the site is under construction, and was last modified in 2007, so treat its details as stale. The yalobushacounty.net domain is still in use for county staff email.
  • The county cites Sections 27-41-49 through 27-41-89, Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, as the authority for the sale.
  • Settlement is in cash to the county. The notice says parcels sell "to the highest bidder for cash," and because GovEase does not process payments for this county, arrange certified funds with the Tax Collector's office rather than expecting a platform checkout.
  • Ignore third-party aggregators that publish Yalobusha tax lien listings. None of them conducts this sale. GovEase is the only platform the county names in its own legal notice.

Mississippi rules

Max interest rate
18% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)
Minimum return
1.5% floor at redemption
Redemption
Miss. Code Ann. 27-43-1 requires the chancery clerk to issue notice to the record owner within 180 days and not less than 60 days before the redemption period expires. Miss. Code Ann. 27-43-3 then requires the sheriff or a constable to serve a resident owner, the clerk to mail the notice by registered or certified mail, and the owner's name and the legal description to be published in a county newspaper at least 45 days before the period ends. Recorded lienors get their own notice. If the clerk inadvertently fails to send the notice, the sale is void. The clerk's fees for that work are taxed against the owner on redemption and against the purchaser if the land is not redeemed.
Surplus proceeds
Any amount bid above the taxes and costs is reported to the chancery clerk and paid into the county treasury. If the land is redeemed, or the purchaser's title is defeated or set aside, the county keeps the excess. If the land is not redeemed, the former owner may request the excess after the redemption period ends, and the county keeps it if no request comes within two years.
Governing statute
Miss. Code Ann. Title 27, Chapter 41

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Yalobusha County, Mississippi sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Mississippi investors buy the lien, not the property; the County Tax Collector runs the sale.

When is the Yalobusha County tax certificate sale?

First Monday in April, not the last Monday in August. The county's own published sale notice reads: "I, Michael L. Walton, Assessor-Tax Collector, Yalobusha County, State of Mississippi, pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-41-49 to 27-41-89, Code of 1972 Annotated, will sell on the First Monday of April, being April 6, 2026 exclusively online on the GovEase website WWW.GOVEASE.COM/AUCTIONS." The same notice adds that "The 2026 Tax Sale auction will begin at 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. and will continue each subsequent day until all parcels have been offered for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash." The 2024 notice used identical wording for April 1, 2024, so April is the settled pattern in this county. GovEase lists Yalobusha District 1 and Yalobusha District 2 on its spring calendar: "2026 Mississippi Spring Auctions - All auctions begin April 6th at 8:30 AM Central Time." Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the County Tax Collector before the sale.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Mississippi's redemption rule: 2 years from the day of the tax sale. Call the Yalobusha County Assessor-Tax Collector as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Yalobusha County tax sale list?

Yalobusha County posts its tax sale list at media.iadsnetwork.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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